8 traffic accidents at Gocheok Bridge in Seoul... "Sudden acceleration claims"

A car, a bus...Shocked serial collision
11 injured...Eight people are transported to the hospital by ambulance
"A driver in his 70s claims sudden acceleration."

[Anchor]
Eight cars collided one after another at Gocheok Bridge in Seoul, injuring 11 people.

The driver of the accident vehicle is said to claim sudden acceleration.

News of the incident, reporter Yoon Tae-in's report.

[Reporter]
A bus stopped across the lane, and the traffic police pushed and moved a nearby car.

At around 12:10 p.m., eight cars, including a bus, collided one after another at Gocheok Bridge in Guro-dong, Seoul.

When a car hit the bus, the impact caused the bus to crash one after another with nearby vehicles.11 people were injured in

accident, 8 of whom were taken to hospital by ambulance.

[Firefighting official: Most people have chest pain, and they went to the hospital for 2 minutes on the bus.

A woman in her 70s who drove a car was found to have claimed that the vehicle had a sudden acceleration.

At around 11:30 a.m., two buses headed for Seoul collided at Anseong Junction on the Gyeongbu Expressway in Wongok-myeon, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do.

[Fire department official: A total of 5 people (hospital) went, but all of them were slightly injured, two were transferred from the bus in front of them, and three were in the back.]

When the accident occurred, the police controlled some lanes and cleaned up the scene.

Around the same time, a car caught fire on the road toward Hoedeok Interchange, a branch line of Honam Expressway in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.

The driver in his 20s was immediately evacuated and no one was injured, and the fire was extinguished in about 10 minutes.

Police and fire authorities will investigate the cause of the fire based on the driver's statement that smoke came from the air conditioner.

Around 8 a.m., two crew members were rescued from a 3-ton fishing boat in the sea near Eulmi Island, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do.

The Coast Guard, which extinguished the fire in an hour, is investigating the cause of overheating of the engine during operation.

I'm YTN Yoon Tae-in.

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video: Byun Ji-young
Provided by the screen: viewer report, Taean maritime police station